ارابه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, from the same source as Turkish araba. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.raː.ˈba/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɑː.bá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɑː.bá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɑː.bá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɔː.bá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ɹɒː.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɾɔ.bá]

Readings
Classical reading?	arāba
Dari reading?	arāba
Iranian reading?	arâbe
Tajik reading?	aroba

Noun

ارابه • (arâbe)

1. carriage
2. chariot

   ارابه عصر برنز ― arâbe-ye asr-e boronz ― Bronze Age chariot

3. (colloquial) run-down car

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ارابه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim